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1 | A Fall Prevention Protocol for Home Hospice Patients | Park, Minji | 2014 | Hospice patients are at a greater risk of falls than community-dwelling geriatric populations due to the nature of terminal illness. Although the necessity of developing a fall risk assessment and fall prevention protocol for home hospice patients has been discussed, an assessment protocol for home ... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP | |
2 | Integrating Falls Specialist Referrals into Primary Care: Barriers and Implementation | Catchpole, Laura A. | 2015 | Falls are common among the older adult (≥ 65 years) population and may result in significant morbidity and mortality, including: diminished physical and cognitive ability, exacerbation of chronic medical conditions, isolation, hospitalizations, and death. Because of serious implications for the in... | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP | |
3 | Improving the Quality of Documentation about Patient Safety Attendant Care | Smith, Shane | 2021 | Patient safety attendants (PSA) provide a critical service to ensure the safety of selected patients during their inpatient stay, but may incur high costs for a health care system. (Greeley et al., 2020, p. 317). One on one care is considered specialized treatment, which can be expensive for the pat... | Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics |